What Josh Clark has said about Mass hysteria
1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 31, 2026
Josh Clark, Co-host of Stuff You Should Know, has been quoted on Mass hysteria once in 1 episode of Stuff You Should Know, most recently on October 31, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Clark rejects the theory that the afflicted girls perpetrated a hoax, arguing the practical Puritans would have seen through it and something unexplained started the panic.
“they would have seen right through a couple of girls just planning a hoax or carrying out a hoax. So there has to be something there at the beginning”
Stuff You Should Know: Selects: Salem Witchcraft Trials: More Bonkers Than You Know (Oct 31, 2026) · Listen from 20:39
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Selects: Salem Witchcraft Trials: More Bonkers Than You KnowStuff You Should Know · Oct 31, 2026 · 50 min
Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant revisit the 1692 Salem witch trials, examining their causes, key villains, spectral evidence, the victims, and how the panic ended.
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